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Which factor is most closely associated with the decision of the united states to declare war on spain in 1898?

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The answer is yellow journalism. The Spanish–American War (April–August 1898) is thought to be both a defining moment in the historical backdrop of purposeful publicity and the start of the act of yellow journalism. Yellow  journalism made support for the Spanish-American War by composing articles about the sinking of the United States war vessel Maine in Havana Harbor
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